Twins Find Egg Painting

As a child I was very interested in birds and their eggs - fascinated by the variety of shapes, colours and beautiful markings. I was also fascinated by the fact that a new life could grow in such a beautiful and exotic object - so much so that I am ashamed to admit that I took some blackbird`s eggs from a nest I believed to be abandoned, and attempted to incubate them in a cotton wool-filled matchbox in the warmth of the airing cupboard at home. Unfortunately they were broken sometime later and I discovered the vivid yellow and red chicks growing within. I was filled with remorse and guilt. In this painting the two young boys (twins? Or just close brothers?) are holding a large egg between them. They appear to be both excited and surprised by this object, if not expectant that something unpredictable might happen to, or emerge from, this newly-found curio. But this simple image belies much more complex relationships and feelings between siblings - darker and potentially more troublesome feelings. I have traced the origins of this image to the time when my mother was pregnant with my sister. My brother and I had been the only children in the house up to this point, so the announcement that we were to have a new sibling resulted in the mixed emotions depicted within this painting.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:5.9 W x 8.3 H x 0.6 D in

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